title: Banded sleeve gastrectomy using the GaBP ring--surgical technique.
abstract: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has been described as the first step of a two-step laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) or biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD-DS) in extremely obese patients. It has also been used as an independent bariatric procedure. Recently a banded sleeve gastrectomy using human dermis was published. Gastric sleeve dilatation is one of the unfavorable postoperative courses that may limit weight loss. Our technique of a banded sleeve gastrectomy using the GaBP Ring Autolock(TM) System to calibrate the sleeve and prevent distal sleeve dilatation is described in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. konrad.karcz@uniklinik-freiburg.de
authors.forename: Wojciech Konrad
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Karcz
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marjanovic
authors.forename: Jodok
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grueneberger
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baumann
authors.forename: Waleed
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bukhari
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Krawczykowski
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuesters
mesh_terms: D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D013271:Gastric Dilatation / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome